Uploaded February 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is a documentation video for the Actor Unloading (AU) glitch in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.
This glitch was found in July 2019 and worked on by many members of the community. Special shoutouts to dragonbane0 for making the visualizer tool used in this video: youtube.com/user/hamers61

Summary:
0:00 Introduction to Actor Unloading
2:12 GAME Unloading Explanation and Demonstration
3:38 DYN Unloading Explanation
4:25 Setup 1: Arrow Duping in Pawprint Island
8:52 Setup 2: Grappling Hook in Forest Haven
12:57 Setup 3: Bombs in Forest Haven with Bait Duping
18:30 Setup 4: Bombs in Forest Haven (No Bait)
24:00 Create your own setups
25:08 Fragmenting and Unloading
29:41 Cutscene Skips
39:22 Miscellaneous
40:31 BONUS: ACT Unloading Explanation and Demonstration

A consistent setup for Tower of the Gods Skip with DYN Unloading has been both figured out and done on console by EJ125, here is a video of the entire setup ! youtube.com/watch?v=h1cYIKDDzsk

To go further: watch this Tower of the Gods unloading video. Slightly old, but it does add a lot about how to make ACT Unloading happen: youtube.com/watch?v=dDHvmmkd3-Y
Thank you dragonbane and TrogWW for the reviews! Yes, I spelled example "exemple" 10 thousand times, I'm sorry.

Feel free to ask questions about anything in this video down in the comments.